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June 07, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
Nicaragua: Sandinista Veterans Threaten Nationwide Shutdown
Disgruntled Sandinista revolutionaries threaten to shut down Nicaragua and form a new political party.
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Central America
June 06, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
El Salvador’s Disappearing Coast
While the mangrove forest in El Salvador slowly vanishes as a consequence of climate change, the main source of income for many subsistence farmers and fishermen also disappeaers.
June 04, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
Can Sandinistas Prevent the Mexicanization of Nicaragua?
Will Nicaragua be the next domino in Central America's "northern triangle," a region plagued by drug cartels, violence and narco-penetrations within their governments?
June 01, 2012 | TIME
The Nicaraguan Firewall: How the Narco Gangs Have Breached It
Can Nicaragua prevent an infiltration of drugs, gangs and narco-violence? It may already be too late.
June 01, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
El Salvador’s Vanishing Coast
Few countries in the Americas are as vulnerable to climate change as El Salvador, which in recent years has been battered by increasingly extreme storms and severe flooding.
May 24, 2012 | GlobalPost
Can El Salvador’s Gang Truce Hold?
El Salvador's vicious gangs have called a cease-fire, enticed in part by conjugal visits for incarcerated leaders. Salvadorans are skeptical the peace will last.
May 16, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
Nicaragua: LGBT Community Threatens to “Out” Lawmakers in Fight for Equal Rights
Nicaragua's new family code defines marriage as a union between man and woman. To embarrass the lawmakers, gay rights activist Marvin Mayorga threatens to "out" 20 closeted congressmen.
May 11, 2012 | Tico Times
Nicaragua Sets Pace for Region Under CAFTA
When CAFTA was first proposed, Nicaragua's Sandinistas called it a "Yankee" trick to dominate the region. Since embracing it, Nicaragua has outperformed other countries in economic growth.
May 04, 2012 | GlobalPost
Nicaragua’s Marxist Government Gets Religion on Free Trade Zones
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, in the 1980s a socialist firebrand antagonist to Ronald Reagan, today touts a surprising free-market line.
May 04, 2012 | Foreign Policy
Rajiv Shah: A Business-Like Approach to Foreign Aid
USAID head Rajiv Shah explains his agency's effort to integrate development and emergency intervention while emphasizing public-private partnerships in long-term development programs.
February 15, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
El Salvador: The Politics of Art and Memory
Politically driven efforts to destroy El Salvador's murals threaten to undermine the country's attempts to come to terms with its violent and divisive past.
January 20, 2012 | Pulitzer Center
Mexican Cartels Bring Drug-Related Violence to Central America
Mexican cartels vying for control over new drug routes in Central America have transformed Belize, Honduras and Costa Rica into their new frontiers, escalating violence and addiction in the region.